CHARISMA DAILY DEVOTIONAL 2ND SEPTEMBER 2020
CHARISMA DAILY DEVOTIONAL 2ND SEPTEMBER 2020
CHARISMA DAILY DEVOTIONAL
WEDNESDAY 2 SEPTEMBER 2020
THE GOD WHO ANSWERS BY FIRE
Scriptural Reading: 1kings 18: 16-38
This month is a month of prayer. It is a month we need to pray, as we have never done before, to the God who answers by fire. The God of Elijah is our God. He is a prayer-answering God. Therefore, pray with expectations. If He answered Elijah, he will surely answer you. The time came in Israel when men lost faith in God. They wandered away through the help of their king Ahab and his wife Jezebel. Jezebel brought the gods of her fathers (Baal and Ashera) into Israel. They led Israel astray until Elijah rose to challenge the idolatrous practice in the land. He declared that it would not rain for three and a half years. When he summoned all Israel to the mount of decision, the challenge was that the God who answered by fire would be the God of Israel. Neither Baal nor Ashera could answer their 450 prophets. But the God of heaven answered by fire! This month, the same God will answer you by fire. As you pray, it rests assured that you will have evidence that God is a prayer-answering God.
MEDITATION:
Have I experienced the manifestations of God's power in my life?
STRATEGIC PRAYER POINTS:
1. Father, in the name of Jesus, I thank you for your grace upon my life. I know that you will not fail me
2. Oh God of Elijah answer me by fire in the mighty name of Jesus
3. I receive the grace for prayer and supplication this month in the mighty name of Jesus.
4. Pray for the leaders of the Church for the grace of humility in service.
5. Pay now against the spread of coronavirus pandemic
6. Say the prayers to St. Michael and St. Jude in pages 101 and 103
7. Present your private intentions to God
8. Say your daily prophetic prayers.
DAILY PROPHETIC PRAYERS
Oh Lord God of power and might we praise and thank you for your goodness and mercy in my life. I acknowledge that you are the only one true God and the Almighty who can do all things, who knows all things and who is everywhere at the same time.
I beseech you, Lord, to show me your mercy and forgiveness, I have sinned against you through my thoughts, words, and actions. Through your sacrificial death on the cross, I receive mercy and boldness to approach your throne of grace.
Let the precious blood of Jesus wash me and make me whiter than snow. Heal me oh Lord by your wounds that I may be restored.
I receive your Grace to rise above every limitation.
I receive your Grace to move from Glory to Glory. I proclaim my total freedom in the mighty name of Jesus.
I shall testify the goodness of God in the land of the living in the most powerful name of Jesus.
I shall not die but live to declare the goodness of God, I shall not be put to shame for the Lord is by my side. I shall glorify the Lord all the days of my life.
PRAYER TO ST MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL AGAINST THE FORCES BEHIND COVID - 19.
Holy Michael, the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our safeguard against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebukes him, we humbly pray, and do you, O Prince of the heavenly host, by the power of God cast into hell Satan and all the evil spirits who wander through the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.
WE PRAY WITH ST JUDE THE PATRON OF DIFFICULT CASES AGAINST THE SPREAD OF CORONA VIRUS
O most holy apostle, Saint Jude, faithful servant and friend of Jesus, the Church honoureth and invoketh thee universally, as the patron of hopeless cases and things almost despaired of.
Pray for me, who am so miserable. Make use, I implore thee, of that particular privilege accorded to thee, to bring visible and speedy help where help was almost despaired of.
Come to mine assistance in this great need, that I may receive the consolation and succour of Heaven in all my necessities, tribulations, and sufferings, particularly...
(insert your prayer request here, especially the menace of COVID - 19 Pandemic)
...and that I may praise God with thee and all the elect throughout eternity.
I promise thee, O blessed Jude, to be ever mindful of this great favour, to always honour thee as my special and powerful patron, and to gratefully encourage devotion to thee. Amen.